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Integrated black and colored ink printheads

US7198353B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 2004
Grant dateApr 3, 2007
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/1645
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved ink jet printhead and method therefor. The printhead includes a single semiconductor substrate with ink ejection devices and a nozzle plate adjacent to the semiconductor substrate, the nozzle plate with first ink ejection nozzles for ejecting first ink drops having a first volume and second ink ejection nozzles for ejecting second ink drops having a second volume different from the first volume, wherein the first volume is defined by first flow features of the printhead having a first thickness and the second volume is defined by second flow features having a second thickness that is different from the first thickness.

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